Heartbreak Girl Chapter 2

Everything's Changed

She's panicking.

When he left her house this morning, the first thing she did was drive straight to the boarding house to see him again.

Now here she was at least 12 hours later, still waiting for him to come home. He's never been gone this long. So it's official.

She's panicking.

She decides to go upstairs and wait in his room. She approaches it slowly. As though it belonged to someone she once knew.

She opens the door and goes straight to his cabinet. She looks at the pictures on it.

Pictures of them.

Pictures of her.

And it stings. How could she be this blind? How could she keep falling for Stefan? Did she not see it?

In all honesty, she'd be lying if she said that there were no signs.

All the goodnight kisses on her forehead that lasted longer than they should've.

All the times he'd held her hand and never let go.

Those signs all added up once she thought it through. She was just so lost in her drama that she didn't even notice her best friend was in love with her.

Damon loved her.

She still wasn't sure how she felt about that. Did she feel it too? Did she love him?

She did love him. Was it enough?

"Elena?" She turns to see a drunk damon standing underneath the door frame.

"Damon." She whispers. "Where were you all day?"

"Busy." He says coldly, refusing to look at her. "Stefan's not here."

"I know." She says. "I've been here all day."

"Why?" He asks.

"Don't be an idiot." She mocks. "Why the hell would I be here?"

"Maybe because you're clingy." He snaps. "And don't know when to let go."

"Or maybe because you told me you loved me and then slammed the door in my face." She yells.

"Dont start." He warns her.

"Why not?" She yells.

"I'm not in the mood." He says.

"Not in the mood?" She repeats. "When are you ever going to be in the fucking mood, Damon?"

"You're right." She continues.

"Everything's changed... And we need to talk about it."

"So talk." He says, giving up the hope that she'll just leave.

"Since when?" She whispers.

"Since right now because I just told you to talk." He says...Duh.

"No... Since when did you know that you were in love with me."

"On second thought." He argues. "Maybe you should just go home."

"Not until you talk to me." She yells.

He sighs. "Honestly, Elena, I don't remember a time when I wasn't in love with you."

"Oh my god Damon." She gasps. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"What difference would it have made?" He asks her. "It's always been Stefan for you. Nothing I said would change that."

"What if I said that it changed everything about that?" She whispers.

"Then you'd be lying." He snaps.

"It's true though." She sighs. "I didn't even realize until I thought id lost you when you didn't come home today."

"Don't." He begs.

"I thought about it all day." She explains. "And I realized. If I lost Stefan, it'd hurt but I'd be fine because I had you. But if I lose you. Oh god, Damon. I'd die."

"That's what this is?" He says suddenly. "You're saying all this because you need me to be here when Stefan breaks your heart again."

"No." She screams at him. "Are you not listening? I love you, Damon. Way more than anyone should love their 'friend'."

"Stefan and I are over." She says and his eyes shoot up. She takes a few steps closer so that there's only an inch of distance between them."I love you."

"Please don't do this.." He begs her. The vulnerability in his voice makes her want him even more right now.

"Why not?" She whispers seductively, taking a step closer. Their noses are touching. It will be the easiest thing ever for him to let her do this. But he can't... He won't.

"Because it'll make it harder...Don't make it harder for me to walk away." He says slowly taking a step back.

"What?" She asks, a single tear falling from her eyes.

"I can't be around you,Elena." He ellaborates. "Not without being in love with you."

"That's good. Because I love you too." She smiles taking a step forward. But in return he takes one step back.

"I'm not done." He says. "You can't exist without loving Stefan. Even if it's just a tiny fraction of your heart."

"Stefan's in the past,Damon." She says, catching his gaze. "You're my future."

"I can't do heartbreak." He says, so broken. "I've had it for the longest time. I just can't do this anymore."

"This?" She asks, tears streaming down her face.

She wasn't crying because his words hurt. She was crying because what hurt was the fact that they were all true. She'd broke his heart every single day without even realizing it all because she was too stupid to see the truth.

"I won't give up." She says suddenly. "I will not leave this house until you agree to give us a chance."

He doesn't answer. He simply walks over to the closet and starts pulling out some shirts as though she hadn't shuts bared her soul to him.

"Well then you'll be here awhile." He says after a few seconds. "Because I won't be here."

"What?Why?" She asks when she sees him pulling out a duffel bag . "Where are you going?"

"To see my mom." He says.

"In Mystic Falls?" She screams.

"I'll see you around,Elena." He says grabbing the now fully packed bag and walking out the door.

"Damon! Damon!" She yelled chasing after him. "Damon wait!"

But it's too late. By the time she's out of the house his blue camaro is already halfway down the driveway. She chases after it for half a block but then he picks up speed.

Only then does it dawn on her what happened; Damon's gone... For good. And she can't help but break down in the middle of the street.

AUTHORS NOTE:

-THE EVENTS OF THE STORY SO FAR HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE IN 2008.

-DAMON,STEFAN,AND ELENA CURRENTLY RESIDE IN A SMALL TOWN IN GEORGIA.

-I NEED TO ADD AN OC TO THIS STORY SO ANY NAME SUGGESTIONS. (1 girl, 1 boy)